This was revealed after supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) circulated a list of 70 NPP appointees who bought state vehicles in 2008.

Akomea, who was minister for employment and social welfare at the time, defended the purchase of Facebook, saying that at the time, GHC800 was equivalent to $800.

He also said the car was an old car which he had used for nine years.

"This official car offered me was a nine-year-old (S reg) Skoda Octavia, which l was given as official car in 2001, and which l used for 9 years. That GHC800 in August 2008 was equivalent to eight hundred dollars ($800)," he wrote.